By COLlive reporter
Friends of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, the Shliach who was murdered in a terror attack at Chabad of Mumbai in 2008, have united to present a special gift to his son, Moishy, on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah.
Moishy, who miraculously survived the terror attack in which both his parents were killed and now lives with his grandparents in Israel, celebrated his Bar Mitzvah in Kfar Chabad on Sunday, at a gala event surrounded by family and friends.
Gabi’s classmate Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov, today a Shliach in NW Indiana, tweeted about the gift, which was organized by Gabi’s former classmates and childhood friends.
The friends, who now live around the world, many serving as Chabad Shluchim, pooled funds to pay travel expenses for one representative from their class to attend the Bar Mitzvah party in Kfar Chabad on Sunday.
A raffle was drawn, and the winner was Rabbi Yisroel Hahn, a Chabad Shliach in Spokane, Washington.
The remaining funds went towards a gift for Moishy, Zalmanov said.
The note included with the gift read:
Mazal tov Moshele on your bar mitzvah!
Although we don’t know you personally, we love you very much!
We take this opportunity to bless you that you be a Chossid, G-d’s fearing, and a scholar, with much joy and happiness.
We hereby present you with this modest gift certificate for books at Chish for $500.
Your father’s classmates from around the world.
Translation of the note we included with the gift:
Mazal tov Moshele on your bar mitzvah!
Although we don’t know you personally, we love you very much!
We take this opportunity to bless you that you be a Chossid, G-d’s fearing, and a scholar, with much joy and happiness. pic.twitter.com/MOLPiZEFP7
— Eliezer Zalmanov (@ezalmanov) December 1, 2019
Really nice to send a gift for him
How beautiful and thoughtful!
May we all be reunited with him now!
The classmates have been sending a Chanuka gift to Moshe yearly.
Brought to tears. Esp as it’s from his fathers friends
Standing with Rabbi Hahn is Rabbi Mendy Elishevitz, another classmate who currently lives in Israel.
wow so sweet that is amazing